

An edition of John Brown still lives! (2011)
America's long reckoning with violence, equality, and change
By R. Blakeslee Gilpin
Publish Date
2011
Publisher
University of North Carolina Press
Language
eng
Pages
296
Description:
"Tracing Brown's legacy through writers and artists like Thomas Hovenden, W.E.B. Du Bois, Robert Penn Warren, Jacob Lawrence, Kara Walker, and others, Blake Gilpin transforms Brown from an object of endless manipulation into a dynamic medium for contemporary beliefs about the process and purpose of the American republic."--Jacket.
subjects: Equality, Violence, Influence, Abolitionists, In literature, Biography, History, Brown, john, 1800-1859, Harpers ferry (w. va.), history, john brown's raid, 1859, West virginia, history, Histoire, Abolitionnistes, Biographies, Aspect social, Civil War Period (1850-1877), General, Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.), Literature, Social aspects
People: John Brown (1800-1859)
Places: Harpers Ferry (W. Va.), United States
Times: John Brown's Raid, 1859